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Noun

1. 1
   With respect to a given category; a narrower category.

   "The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened."

2. 2
   A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.

Synonyms

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child categorychild categorysupercategory

Antonyms

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supercategory

Example

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"The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened."

Etymology

From sub- + category.

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